Each year,
cybersecurity companies publish a number of research reports focusing on
different aspects of cybersecurity and breach trends. Below is a list of some
of the most alarming statistics from several 2020 reports published by
several different companies.
Kaspersky
- Kaspersky
research shows that, although small businesses are less inclined to
provide their staff with company devices to work from home, only one third
of employees (34%) have received instructions on how to securely work on
personal laptops, tablets and smartphones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Source: How
COVID-19 changed the way people work)
- In
total, almost half of organizations (46%) face red tape delays that
inhibit or delay implementation of industrial cybersecurity projects. The
most common obstacles include the inability to stop production (34), and
bureaucratic steps, such as a lengthy approval process (31%) and having
too many decision-makers (23%). (Source: State
of Industrial Cybersecurity in the Era of Digitalization)
- Research
from Kaspersky has found that 90% of respondents who have participated in
Kaspersky's Adaptive Online Training course and selected a wrong answer
have confidently evaluated their feelings toward the given response as "I
know it" or "I think I know it." (Source: Kaspersky
Adaptive Online Training Report)
Bitglass
- 61% of respondents
reported at least one insider attack over the last 12 months (22% reported
at least six separate attacks). (Source: Bitglass
2020 Insider Threat Report)
- Most organizations
cannot guarantee that they can detect insider threats stemming from
personal devices (82%) or the cloud (50%), while 81% find it difficult to
assess the impact of insider attacks. (Source: Bitglass
2020 Insider Threat Report)
- 41% of organizations
have not taken any steps to expand secure access for the remote workforce.
(Source: Bitglass
2020 Remote Work Report)
- Despite BYOD fairly
being embraced in the workforce, 51% of organizations lack any visibility
into file sharing apps and 30% have no visibility or control over mobile
enterprise messaging tools. (Source: Bitglass
2020 BYOD Report)
Bugcrowd
Jumio
LogRhythm
- 93% of security professionals lack the tools to detect
known security threats, and 92% state they are still in need of the
appropriate preventative solutions to close current security gaps.
(Source: LogRhythm's
State of the Security Team Report)
- 75% of security professionals now experience more work
stress than just two years ago. (Source: LogRhythm's
State of the Security Team Report)
- When asked what causes the most work-related stress,
the two most selected answers were not having enough time (41%) and
working with executives (18%). In fact, 57% of respondents indicated their
security program lacks proper executive support - defined as providing
strategic vision, buy-in and budget. (Source: LogRhythm's
State of the Security Team Report)
ForgeRock
- The average cost of a
data breach in the U.S. increased 112% from 2018 to $8.19M in 2019
- Over 5.05B records were
impacted in 2019, up 78.57% from 2018
- 2020 is on track to
exceed 2019 in regards to the number of records breached
- Over 1.6B records were
impacted in Q1 2020 alone, showing that 2020 is on track to top the 5B
records impacted over all of 2019
- Compared to Q1 2019,
the number of records impacted is up 9% from 1.4B, even though total
breaches were down 57.79%
- SSNs and DoBs were the
most pilfered data in Q1 2020, accounting for 34% of all data stolen.
- Healthcare was the most
breached industry in Q1 2020, accounting for 51% of all breaches. As the
healthcare industry continues to be plagued by COVID-19, they will
continue to be a prime target for attackers.
(Source: ForgeRock's
2020 Consumer Identity Breach Report)
WatchGuard Technologies
- Despite an 8% decrease
in overall malware detections in Q2 2020, 70% of all attacks involved zero
day malware (variants that circumvent antivirus signatures), which
represents a 12% increase over the previous quarter. (Source: WatchGuard's
Q2 2020 Internet Security Report)
- Attacks sent over
encrypted HTTPS connections accounted for 34% of the total detections in
Q2 2020, so organizations that aren't able to inspect encrypted traffic
will miss a massive one-third of incoming threats. (Source: WatchGuard's
Q2 2020 Internet Security Report)
- 76%
of SMBs do not have a fully deployed PAM solution despite 78% citing its
importance to cybersecurity
- 62%
of SMBs do not conduct a security audit at least once a year - and 14%
never conduct an audit at all
- 57%
of SMBs indicated they have experienced a phishing attack in the last
three years
- 47%
of SMBs allow end users to reuse passwords across personal and
professional accounts
- 31% of companies around
the world are attacked at least once a day. India reported significantly
more attacks per day than any other country, followed by the US and the
UAE. 9% of all companies are targeted by cyberattacks at least once
an hour. Exactly 50% of all respondents report encountering a
cyberattack at least once a week during the past three months.
- 72% of global
organizations have seen their IT costs increased during the
pandemic. Only 1 out of 5 companies managed to relocate funds and
keep its IT costs unchanged. Companies in the US, Singapore, South
Africa, India, and the UAE reported the most significant IT cost
increases, followed by Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
- 35% of companies
reported more new devices connecting to their corporate network in the
past three months, 36% report having the same number of new devices on
their corporate network, and 29% reported having fewer new devices - most
likely caused by layoffs. Countries with the most
new devices added to their corporate networks: the US, India,
Singapore, and Sweden are all significantly ahead of the world, by up to
30%.
- Only 12% of global
employees chose full office work as an ideal work arrangement. A new
normal will likely emerge. Among the 15% favoring full remote work,
there are the following country-level outliers: the US - 26%, South Africa
- 25%.
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